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Steadier Traffic Flow Improves Health of Local Infants, Say Columbia Researchers

Steadier Traffic Flow Improves Health of Local Infants, Researchers Say

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The creation of E-ZPass lanes over the past 15 years has significantly improved the health of newborn babies living near highways in the Northeast, according to a Columbia study. The researchers ...


Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development

Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen shows that vitamin C deficiency may impair the mental development of new-born babies.


Scientists identify gene linked to deadly disorder in newborns

Scientists identify gene linked to deadly disorder in newborns

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- After 12 years of searching, UCLA scientists have tracked down the first known gene mutation responsible for a heartbreaking disorder that kills newborn babies. Published in the April 1 online ...


Babies, Bacteria and Breast Milk: Genome Sequence Reveals Evolutionary Alliance

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created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- As every parent discovers, human babies are bubbling, burping processing plants that take in milk, extract compounds useful for rapid growth and development, and unceremoniously excrete the byproducts. Those ...


Better oral hygiene could reduce complications in pregnancy and help newborn babies

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bacteria from a mother's mouth can be transmitted through the blood and amniotic fluid in the womb to her unborn child. This could contribute to the risk of a premature delivery, a low birth-weight baby, premature onset of ...